Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  12 Cyg  ·  12 phi Cyg  ·  9 Cyg  ·  HD184150  ·  HD184719  ·  HD184738  ·  HD184907  ·  HD185150  ·  HD185174  ·  HD185268  ·  HD185332  ·  HD185603  ·  HD185735  ·  HD185755  ·  HD185756  ·  HD186097  ·  HD186098  ·  HD332347  ·  HD332348  ·  HD332356  ·  HD332357  ·  HD332358  ·  HD332359  ·  HD332360  ·  HD332361  ·  HD332362  ·  HD332363  ·  HD332364  ·  HD332365  ·  HD332369  ·  And 13 more.
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SH2-91, SNR  G65.3+5.7  -- HOO+RGB, Randy Lindstrom
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SH2-91, SNR G65.3+5.7 -- HOO+RGB

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SH2-91, SNR  G65.3+5.7  -- HOO+RGB, Randy Lindstrom
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SH2-91, SNR G65.3+5.7 -- HOO+RGB

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The red H-alpha region below-center is listed in the Sharpless catalog as Sh2-91.  The blue O3 filaments (processed to be much brighter than they would appear visually) are a portion of a larger supernova remnant G65.3+5.7 located in the constellation Cygnus about 2500 light-years from Earth.  This image displays a small bright segment of the entire circular remnant, most of which is out of the frame — the entire bubble spanning over 4 degrees on the sky.  The filament running through Sh2-91 is one of the remnant's major filaments located along the southern edge of the bubble.  I uploaded an image of another portion of the remnant (associated with SH2-96) during the summer of 2021.  The supernova shock front pushes its way outward through the galactic sea of H-alpha nebulosity embedded in a breathtakingly dense star field.  Light from the exploding star is estimated to have reached Earth 25-30 thousand years ago.

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SH2-91, SNR  G65.3+5.7  -- HOO+RGB, Randy Lindstrom

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